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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-09-26, Page 22ErfiOsit or SINCE 11160, SERVING THE COMMUNITY FIRST incorporating The Etrwwls Post Published In ieeforth, Oratorio Every Wednesday Morning 1040. M1 11711111 11. OrawNrl M.a..sr TilT0101 ar111. Aatt.rtiaa.g iiiessogor NIATTOIR 11011111011. &dhow NIWS RAN: Samoa Oxford a.nasiesaas. ACCOUNTING: Pet Armee Dionne McSr.th LIMA. Put linen Mend).. Canadian Caawasailla tlawtpaSr Ass., On ow w Conwrwnttr Narrap.- AardaMM Ontario Ness Coenclt Cowttwnw.dth Mess torn internalised Press Institute tobacription Ades Canada '22 00 a year w+ advence Senior Citizens • '19.00 o year on Wawa, Outsnd. Canada '65.00 o year. M advance Single Coyotes - .60 cents each l.�ond (fuss moll r.Slst►otwn Nw,.bet 06% WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1990 Editorial and ivalsNs tineas - 10 Main Str..t. $..north T.1.phoa. (31) 127-0240 h: 127-2131 Mailing Address - P.O. Ilea OIL lataToortbk. Ontario. Mone IWO A moment of your time Regardless of size, or geographical location, each of us resides in a small "community". Whether you commute to the downtown core of a huge metropolis, or work the fields in a rural setting, the lives of Ontario residents revolve around a smaller, close-knit, inner community in which family life is focused. Our responsibility, as the media voice for this area, is to keep you informed about what is happening in the community each week.. news and sports stories provide our readers with infor- mation about local people and events; and the advertisements within these pages provide readers with information about products, promotions and entertainment being offered by local merchants. The most important element of any small community is the people who live in it. You community newspaper tracks their lives from the first breath: birth announcements, Grade Four spelling bee winner, Girl Guide Gold Cord, minor league hockey cham- pion, graduation, engagement, wedding, career advancement, new bususiness venture, occasional setbacks, tragic accident, disastrous plant closing, new industry in town, impact of last week's decision by local council on taxes, and so on. Throughout your entire life, the community's newspaper is there, monitoring and reporting the ups and downs of the community and its citizens. There's a lot of bad news these days. As a group your com- munity newspapers decided to do something about the situation. In 1981, the Ontario Community Newspapers Association created a program designed to recognize the achievements and/or personal courage of a very important group of young people within the small community. Each year 275 community newspapers within OCNA, with financial support from Canadian Airlines International, appeal to their respective communities for nominations of youngsters aged six to 18 years. Every nominee receives a certificate and up to 12 individuals and one group are the recipients of an award presented by the Lieutenant Governor at the annual OCNA convention. The selection of the "Ontario Junior Citizens" is incredibly difficult...because every single nominee is a credit to their community, and to us all. Many saved lives. Many organized community activities which paid enormous dividends for fellow citizens. Many battled tremendous physical handicaps, or terminal illnesses in exemplary manner, helping to ease the pain and suffering of others. They are all heroes in their own right. They serve as outstan- ding examples of how life in a small community should be lived. They merit the recognition the community newspapers of Ontario are prepared to give them. They deserve your support. We ask for a moment of your time. Do you know a young person who might quatfiy for this type of recognition? Contact this newspaper for a nomination form. Help us to say `thanks" to some youngster who deserves it. More information is included on the nomination form, and we'll be happy to answer any questions you might have. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Recycling is overdue Dear Editor: Thank you for the write up in your paper three weeks ago concer- ning the blue boxes and keeping glass separated from cans in McKil- lop Township. It does make it easier sorting for us and lots of places have pails or bag of glass out at the curb with their blue box. More important of course is to thank those who are being so responsive. One lady even com- mented "i wish 1 could do more". it is great to hear people are that interested in getting recycling run- ning as smoothly as possible. After all it's for all our benefit. It's time Seaforth got settled into a full scale recycling program because whether it's with blue boxes or white pails the people are just as responsive as in McKillop. I know already of two garbage contractors who have expressed to the town they are ready to accom- modate the picking up of recyclables. So how much more information do they need. We al- ready know it's good for the en- vironment. Sincerely Gerald W. Nobel Nobel Sanitation. Dealer appreciates Dear Editor: One Sunday recently, my wife and 1 were driving an a back road near Clinton, and experienced car trouble. A local farm family (the Cokloughs) kindly attempted to retain emergency road service, unsuccessfully. The finally called a Mr. John Hart of Hart Ford, Seaforth. Mr. Han took as in his vehicle in search of a repair source. Failing kindness that, he Loaned us a car, refusing any suggestion of payment or security. We were then able to complete our trip to visit with our children. The kindness shown to complete strangers by our country neighbours was heartwarming and deeply ap- preciated. We wanted others to know shout it. Yours sincerely, Marilyn and Neville Lefcoc Breaking up is truly hard to do l'm back. Afta nearly five months of po- gig my way through the days, I've sax again taken up rt udence belund a desk at The Huron Ex - pomace. And believe me, a tx LVA - laud y er- tainly different. (For one thing - this ume 1 fit!) As any woman who has ever had to leave thou child knows, it's trot an easy feat. In addition to being emotionally draining, it's a physically exhausting process as well. Suddenly there is a time constraint on the start of my day. There's twice as much to do, and understandably not enough time to do it all in - no matter how or- ganized you are. Despite the fact I allot myself twice as much time to get up and out in the morning, it's almost guaranteed that I'm still going to be late. No matter what 1 do to prepare for all that will need doing 1 can't scan to get it done. Despite such inventions as the alarm clock, instant breakfasts and the unmade SWEATSOCKS by Heather Robinet bed, there's a lutle girl who knows nothing of thecae things. She has no idea about deadlines, and absolutely no into nouns whatsoever of conf x - ming to a schedule - especially if it's not hear own As lung ab Rebecca gets fed, bathed and changed with some regularity, she's quite content. She doesn't want ha wakcup call at 7 a.m., her bath time cut to five minutes, and her eating time con- futed to 15. In fact, she doesn't want a wake up call at all and would much prefer a more leisurely entrance to the day (why now instead of four months ago?) And that there arc the long, uninter- rupted intervals of play and cud- dling, that both of us enjoy - but just don't have time for at this paniculw puuit ui time. Well, as much as 1 tried to break it to her gently, things at the Robinet housed this past Mon- day, were a trifle different for Rcbocca (and for mom). In fact, there may have even been a tntle rushed. While Rebecca was soil given ha due where cuddling and feeding etc. came into play, she traversed a good deal more of the house than she usually would in those early hours of the morning, as cuddling and eating time doubled up with bottle packing and the like. To the average observer 1 must have appeared a dizzying example of the typical feu -armed mother as I rushed to and fro, tot cradled on my hips, and all sorts of other, non- human materials clasped by whatever spare body parts I could )pare. 1 found out I really can chew gum and talk at the an dine. Then finally 1 was ready. Armed with a tires page chronicle of matrucuona, and with a bag of extra diapers and clothing, food enough to feed baby for a month, spare bottlers, thermanaer and appropriate baby -type drugs use to case) :rung over one , another filled with toys tossed over the other, and baby buggy, baby reclining seat, blankets and sleeping bag hugged close to my form, 1 prepared to take baby to the sitter. And once baby was loaded into the car, 1 was on. closing in on that moment I'd boon dreading all summer - leaving baby behind. But despite all my apprehensions, 1 coped - and fairly well 1 thought. 1 managed to stifle my tears until 1 was ALONE in the car, not at all helped by the fact that baby ap- peared to make the transition wonderfully. 1 just hope she'll make the re -transition as easily. How long before it is five o'clock anyways? Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday Thanksgiving is my favourite holiday. I love the food, the com- pany and being together and sharing these two things. Unfortunately, my family is scat- tered throughout North America. My parents live in California and I've not been able to have Thanksgiving with them for years. Their Thanksgiving Day isn't even the same day as ours is. The American Thanksgiving is closer to Christmas, and after consideration of this, I've come to the conclusion that ours is celebrated at a better time. Imagine being an American woman and having to cook and entertain for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's in such a short time span. In recent past years I've held Thanksgiving at my house for my friends and they tell me they had a great time. I go all out. Large bird, JUST THINKING by Susan Oxford different pies and wines, candles and such good times. Last year many of them came to my house in Seaforth for the weekend. We remember having dinner and from my dining room window watching the year's first snow fall. I prefer Thanksgiving to Christmas because there are no gifts exchanged. Some members of my family treat Christmas gift giving like a potlatch and expect more lavish gifts every year. 1 can't stand receiving an expensive gift and actually can feel very uncomfor- table about it. Lately I've been giving magazine subscriptions to my family in the United States. They were probably a little shocked when on Christmas Day all they got from me was a card containing news about a new magazine coming their way, but over the years they've told me how much they like getting a gift from me month by month. In a laundromat somewhere in Los Angeles my father found a copy of Canadian Geographic magazine and saw a picture of a woman in St. Pierre and Miquelon he swears looked like me. I told him it wasn't me, I haven't been there yet. He put the bug in ear he wants his Satur- day Night magazine cancelled this year and Canadian Geographic instead. No problem. Thanksgiving is a chance to enjoy a feast in the autumn and have fun with the people around me with no strings attached. This year I'm going to Tottenham to have Thanksgiving with my grandfather. He's been invited to California many times but won't go because he's terrified of flying, something he's never done. He drives a car like Batman's and it could get him to L.A. in a matter of minutes, but he won't do that because he's afraid somewhere along the way someone's going to stop his super- sonic speed car and mug him. So I'm going to go and see him instead. He'll worry about me driving that 'long distance', but 1 know I probably won't see another soul driving along Highway 89 on Thanksgiving Day. We're on the right track What is sustainable agriculture? The "Green Plan for Ontario" of July, 1990, defines it as "being those food systems that are economically viable and meet society's need for safe nutritious food while at the same time conser- ving or enhancing the quality of the environment for future generations". The OFA has described it as "an approach whereby production is measured by the average level of output which is economically viable and can be continued over a period of time without depleting the renewable resource on which it depends". Remeniber the boom years of the sixties and seventies when the researchers were flexing their new- found grants and bringing forth new ways of maximizing agricultural yields. The key words were "expand" and "growth". Bankers encouraged us to increase our loans, specialize, tear down fences and buy mare acres. Government nt advisors promoted the multitude of commercial fertilizers and pesticides that came on the market RURAL ROOTS Lir by Jeanne Kirkby k;.k-Oj. Plant genetics research brought new varieties of seed that grew more bushels to the acre, while advances in machinery made it possible for one farmer to handle larger acreage. Animal genetics gave us a new awareness of nutritional requirements which meant we could produce more meat on less land by feeding less food of higher quality. As we quickly climbed aboard the bandwagon of progress, the farms became bigger, the farm population decreased and agricultural produc- tion was on a roil. We were going to feed the world' Then some people begin to notice that this new way of farming was bringing some unnerving changes to rivers, the depth of the topsoil and the general environment in 1974, Norman Alexander was a000inted Drainage Commissioner for Hulled Township. Early in his job, he was called to the land of a Huron County fanner whose topsoil was leaving his fiends at such a rate that he was considering trucking in more. Norm investigated and soon discovered that the problem stemmed from the continuous row cropping of corn on a neighbour's property. At this point, he felt despair as he realized the potential destructiveness of some agricultural practices then in vogue. By chance, his wife, Helen was browsing at a u.sed book sale in Windsor about this time and for a quarter, she picked up a tattered volume of an outdated book for him called "Conservation in Ontario". He was delighted to receive it but at the one time felt dismayed to learn that conservation information had always been available, but it was as though Ontario agriculture had forgotten all they knew about the care of the soil. This awareness made him devote the rest of his life toward promoting conservation practices, educating the public in ways of erosion prevention and water management, and travelling all over Canada and the USA to explore ideas and share his vision of an improved environ- ment for future generations. He made many airplane flights over problem areas in Huron county assembling materials for a slide presentation on examples of erosion and different methods tried to cor- rect these pro lems. Then he built a large scale model on a boat trailer frame to show Soil and Water Management situations, causes and possible remedies. Most of us remember seeing this exhibit at Plowing Matches, Farm Shows and Conventions, but for the local school children and other com- munity groups he established a Foodland S tc wa 'dship Centre at Londesborough. The thrust of his message was that continuous row crooning and Turn tnpage 7•